theSUGGESTR.com is an online service that allows our members to learn about new and exciting places to visit in their local area or in a destination they are visiting. What makes theSUGGESTR.com different than other directories is our Friend Network. Our Friend Network is created when a user creates a friendship link with another user, at this point theSUGGESTR.com automatically links the user to their new friend's friends. Confusing? You can learn more about our Friend Network here. Your Friend Network is the key to finding accurate recommendations and opinions about the places you may wish to visit. Another way in which theSUGGESTR.com is different is our heavy integration with Google Maps. This allows you to browse your neighborhood (or any other location) looking for new places to try out.
The key to theSUGGESTR.com is having a large friend network to foster the sharing of information and creating an active exchange of information. It is important that is easy for your friends to find you and for you to find your friends.
theSUGGESTR.com cares deeply about your privacy. If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@theSUGGESTR.com
Information Gathering on theSUGGESTR.com
Upon registering, users will be required to enter personal information such as name, email address, and the city and state in which they reside. This information is used to authenticate users and provides ways for users to identify other users.
theSUGGESTR.com also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, aggregate user data, and browser type from users and visitors to the site. This data is used to manage the website, track usage and improve the website services. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes.
User's full names or addresses are never displayed to other users. However, in order to foster the growth and accuracy of your Friend Network, theSUGGESTR.com does display your 'Display Name' to other users. Your display is created by taking your first name plus the first initial of your last name and the city and state (but not address) you reside. For example, if your name was John Smith from Seattle Washington your theSUGGESTR.com display name would be 'John S. from Seattle, Washington.'
With the exception of adding and inviting friends email addresses are never displayed to other users. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances on this site, theSUGGESTR.com allows users to search for other users using first and last name, city, state and email address.
Use of Cookies
theSUGGESTR.com does not use cookies at the current time. Please note that theSUGGESTR.com allows 3rd party advertisers that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the theSUGGESTR.com Privacy Policy.
Links
theSUGGESTR.com may contain links to other sites. theSUGGESTR.com is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only pertains to information collected on theSUGGESTR.com.
Public Posting in Forums or Reviews
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Message Board Forums or Location Reviews that that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.
Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
theSUGGESTR.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account and accessing the Edit Profile feature.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site are delivered by one of our Web advertising partners. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by theSUGGESTR.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. We recommend visiting our Web advertising partners privacy policy at: http://publisher.yahoo.com/
Security
theSUGGESTR.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords theSUGGESTR.com takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time For any additional information about the security measures we use on theSUGGESTR.com , please contact us at privacy@theSUGGESTR.com
Sharing Information theSUGGESTR.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, theSUGGESTR.com will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by theSUGGESTR.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the theSUGGESTR.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service.
theSUGGESTR.com shares some information (email, name and your theSUGGESTR Point information) as part of its Point Program, run my MyPerkPlace.com. This information is sent securely over SSL and is then secured based on the terms established by MyPerkPlace.com. Please see "Point Program" section for more information.
theSUGGESTR.com reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of theSUGGESTR.com or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest For more information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
theSUGGESTR.com Point Program
theSUGGESTR.com is a member of the Perk Network established by MyPerkPlace.com.
As part of this program we send a secure (via SSL) message to MyPerkPlace.com to notify
their site of the activity that has earned our users points.
This message includes the user's email address, name and points earned. All information is secured via SSL and
is not used for any purpose other than to track the points earned per the MyPerkPlace.com legal agreements.
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify by posting a notice on our Web site for 15 days.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement please contact us at privacy@myfriensuggests.com
